Harvesting-machine attachment.



C. R. RANEY.

HARVESTING MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 3,1913- Patented May 15, 191?.

CLEIVIMA R. RANEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONALHARVESTER COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

HARVESTING-MACHIN E ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented llli'ay iaiv.

Application filed February 3, 1913. Serial No. 745,838.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OLEMMA It. RANEY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use fulImprovements in Harvesting-lilachine iittachments, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to harvesting machine attachments.

It has for its object to control the discharge of sheaves from aharvester in an improved manner, rendering the latter es peciallyadapted to cooperate with a shocking machine. A further object of myinvention is to position and retard the delivery of sheaves dischargedfrom the har vester in such a manner that the same are delivered in thedesired parallel relation and at the desired time to the sheafdelivering mechanism of a shocker. I attain these objects by providingimproved means cooperating automatically with the needle operatingmechanism of the harvester and operable to engage the sheaves dischargedby the sheaf discharging mechanism thereof in an improved manner and atpredetermined times.

In order that my invention may be clearly and fully disclosed, I haveillustrated in the accompanying drawings one form which it may assumein'practice. It is to be understood, however, that my invention mayassume other forms than that shown herein for purposes of illustration.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the sheaf forming and dischargingmechanism of a harvester Fig. 2 is a detail view of the sheafdischarging side of the harvester;

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the holding tines and their operating andsupporting means;

Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the connection of one of said tines tothe frame;

Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the holding clips for the tines.

The construction shown herein, when broadly considered, comprises thestandard sheaf forming and binding mechanism of a harvester providedwith improved means hereinafter described for retarding the de livery ofa sheaf therefrom and positioning the same with respect to a cooperatingshocker.

The sheaf formin and discharging mechknown manner.

anism shown is carried upon the stubbleward side of a binder and upon anauxiliary frame 1 supported and braced upon a laterally extending pipe 2and the binder frame 3. It is driven through any suitable mrhanism (notshown) connected to the main wheel 4.- of the binder. As in the usualconstruction, a binding needle5 is provided, which is rotatable with atransversely extending shaft 6 and is adapted to be oscillated therewithto cooperate with a knotter 7 and bind the sheaves, passing through thebinde deck 8 in its movement to and from binding position. This needlederives its power through a link connection 9-10 from a. power shaft 11operatively connected through suitable gearing (not shown) to therotatable discharging rms 12 in a well- As in the usual construction, apivoted compressor or trip arm 13 is provided, which is movable throughthe binder deck and acts as an abutment for the sheaves as they arepacked against the same by the usual sheaf packing mechanism 14. Thiscompressor arm is fixed at its lower end to a transverse shaft 15 andmovable with a pivoted clutch controlling member 16, which is likewiseconnected through a link and crank connection 17 with a discharge cam 18operatively connected to the sheaf discharging mechanism in the usualmanner. As in the ,usual construction, the gearing connection betweenthe discharge arms 12 and the power shaft 11 is as one to three, so thatwhile the former is rotated through a complete revolution, the shaft 11is rotating through three complete revolutions, and the clutchcontrolling member 16 is adapted to be thrown into engagement with pawl19 of the binder clutch 20 after each sheaf is discharged by thedischarging mechanism.

Coope -ating with this illustrated a pivoted sheaf delivering menr ber21 of a shocker of the type described and claimed in my copendingapplication Serial No. 573,106, filed July 21, 1910, wherein the member21 is of the pivoted type and adapted to deliver the sheaves ejectedfrom the binder one by one to the sheaf receiving cradle of a shocker.It is to be noted that the member 21, as shown in Fig. 1, is in thesheaf receiving position, wherein it is located in a plane beneath thesheaf discharging mechanism of the binder, with its mechanism, I havetines extending vertically upward, so that when a sheaf is dischargedfrom the binder it is securely impaled thereon. If desired, this sheafdelivering member may be automatically controlled in' the same mannerdescribed and claimed in the above mentioned application, and may beprovided with improved means cooperating with' the binding anddischarging mechanism of the shocker in such a manner as to render thesame inoperative while the sheaves delivered by it are being bound bythe shocker.

In my improvement I provide improved means cooperating with the sheafbinding and discharging mechanism of the binder which are controlled bythe binder needle 5 and adapted to delay the delivery of a sheaf andposition the same with respect to this member 21 to which it is to bedelivered in an improved manner. These means are shown herein in theform of a plurality of parallel upwardly extending sheaf piercing tines22 pivotally connected at their inner ends to a shaft 23 carried uponthe frame 1 at a point beneath the binder deck. As shown in Fig. 1,these members are each adapted to move upward through a supplementaldeck 2% forming an extension of the main binder deck 8 beneath thespring discharge arms 25 of the sheaf discharging mechanism, and, asshown in Fig. 2, are spaced apart from each other and connected by anangle iron or strip of other material 26 so that they move together andpierce the sheaves discharged upon the supplemental deck at differentpoints in their length in such a manner as to accurately position thesame upon the latter and prevent angular movement of the same withrespect to the deck or the sheaf receiving member 21.

At a point intermediate its ends the angle iron or strip 26 is pivotallyconnected to the shaft 23 by an improved link connection comprising aninwardly extending connect ing rod 27, having an upwardly and angularlydisposed end portion 28 pivotally connected, through an elongatedmovable bracket 29, with a bracket 30 fixed to the shaft 23. The bracket29 is preferably provided with downwardly extending lugs adapted to beclamped on opposite sides of the rod 27 by a bolt and nut connection 31,and is likewise provided with upwardly extending arms 32 adapted toreceive a pivot pin 33 carried by the depending arms of the bracket 30.As shown in Fig. 3, the bracket 30 may be attached to the shaft 23 byany suitable means; as, for instance, a U-bolt 3-1. In order to positionthe rod 27 with respect to its bracket 29, the latter is provided, nearits outer end, with downwardly extending ears 35 on opposite sides ofthe rod. It is also to be noted that this rod at its rear end isprovided with a rounded downwardly curved tail portion 36 which isadapted to be engaged by a portion of the needle 5 at predeterminedtimes in the course of the operation of the latter to force the tines 22on the outer end of the rod 27 upward about their pivot on the pin 33.It is further to be noted that the downward movement of the tines 22 andangle iron 26 is limited by engagement of the latter with a rearwardlyprojecting lip 37 on a depending bracket 38 preferably fixed to theunder side of the supplemental deck 2% adj acent, a U-shaped decksupport 39 extending between the deck 2% and the pipe 2.

The operation of the construction shown is as follows: Let us assumethat, as shown in Fig. 1, the needle 5 is in its lower position whereinit depresses the inner end of the rod 2'? and forces the tines 22 upwardso that they pierce a sheaf carried upon the supplemental deck, that thedischarge arms 12 are in the full line position shown, that thecompressor arm 13 is raised inthe full line position shown and that theclutch controlling member 16 is in engagement with the clutch pawl 19.As in the usual construction, the packer arms 14: are continuouslyoperating. lVhen these packer arms have packed a predetermined amount ofgrain against the compressor arm 13, the latter is thrown backwardautomatically about its pivot to throw the clutch controlling member 16out of engagement with the pawl 19 and operatively connect the sheafdischarging mechanism with the power shaft 11. As in the usualconstruction, the discharge arms 12 of this mechanism move in aclockwise direction about their pivot. At the same time, through thelink connection 910, the binding needle 5 is simultaneously thrownupward to cooperate with the knotter 7 in binding the grain which hasbeen packed. As the binding needle moves upward it is automaticallydisengaged from the inner end of the tine operating rod 27 and the tines22 on the opposite end of the latter are permitted to drop of their ownweight to release the sheaf upon the supplemental deck, so that when thedischarge arms 12 move around through their complete revolution theydischarge the sheaf which has just been bound and force the same outwardupon the supplemental deck and against this sheaf, pushing the latterover the edge of the supplemental deck upon the sheaf delivering member21 of the shocker mechanism, so that it may be carried away thereby.Obviously, prior to the completion of the operation of the dischargemechanism, the needle 5, due to its link connection 9-10, is againthrown downward to its initial position ready to operate upon the nextsheaf. As it thus moves downward a portion of the same automaticallyengages the curved end 36 of the member 27, thus automatically raisingthe tines 22 on the outer end thereof so that they pierce the sheafwhich has just been discharged. As in the usual construction, thecompressor arm 13 is automatically returned to its full line position assoon as the bound sheaf is discharged, and at the time the dischargearms 12 again reach the full line position the clutch controlling member16 is again thrown into engagement with the revolving clutch finger 19by means of the link connection 17. In this position the parts are againready to operate upon the next sheaf formed by the continuouslyoperating sheaf packing mechanism.

It is to be noted that the holding tines 22 serve to maintain the sheafin parallel relation with respect to the discharge arms and the sheafdelivering member 21 of the shocker. It is further to be noted thatsince these tines pierce the sheaf, they further act to prevent the samefrom being moved too far outward upon the supplemental deck and serve tocontrol the discharge mecha nism so that the latter can only dischargeone sheaf at a time to the sheaf delivery member 21. The mechanism foroperating these tines is also entirely automatic in its operation and,through its connection to the binding needle, is automatically timed sothat its tines are only thrown upward when the sheaf has been bound bythe needle and projected outward to the desired degree by the sheafdischarging mechanism. Attention is further directed to the fact thatthe sheaf holding mechanism shown herein may be readily adapted to thesheaf forming and discharging mechanism of a binder of standardconstruction and that the same are adapted to cooperate therewithwithout any interference with the usual operation of the sheaf formingand discharging mechanism.

IVhile I have described in this application one form of my invention, itis, of course, to be understood that the embodiment shown herein forpurposes of illustration may be modified without departing from thespirit of my invention.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is:

1. In a harvester, sheaf binding mechanism, sheaf discharging mechanism,and sheaf discharge retarding means controlled by said bindingmechanism.

2. In a harvester, sheaf binding and discharging mechanism, and sheafdischarge retarding means cooperating therewith and controlled by one ofsaid mechanisms.

8. In a harvester, sheaf binding mechanism, sheaf discharging mechanism,and a sheaf discharge limiting member operatively connected to saidbinding mechanism and actuated thereby.

at. In a harvester, sheaf binding mechanism, sheaf dischargingmechanism, and a plurality of supplemental discharge retarding sheafpiercing tines operatively connected to said binding mechanism.

5. In a harvester, sheaf binding mechanism, sheaf discharging mechanismand a sheaf retaining member successively operated by said bindingmechanism after each binding operation to retard the discharge of thebound sheaves.

6. In a harvester, sheaf binding mechanism including a binding needle,sheaf discharging mechanism, and a sheaf holding member movable by saidneedle to operative position as the latter is retracted from sheafbinding position.

7. In a harvester, sheaf discharging mechanism, sheaf binding mechanism,and means operatively connected to one of said mechanisms for delayingthe ejection of a bound sheaf.

8. In a harvester, sheaf anism, a cooperating sheaf piercing and able bythe latter to by said discharging mechanism.

9. In a harvester, sheaf discharging mechanism, a binding needlecooperating therewith, and a sheaf holding member engaged by said needleand thrown into operation upon the return thereof from its bindingposition.

10. In a harvester, a binder deck, sheaf discharging mechanism, sheafbinding mechanism, and sheaf holding means op eratively connected to oneof said mechanisms and cooperating with the other there of to retard theejection of a sheaf from said deck.

11. In a harvester, a binder deck, sheaf discharging mechanism thereon,a binding needle .operatively connected thereto, and sheaf holding meansoperated by said binding needle to position a sheaf upon said binderdeck after it has been operated on by said discharging mechanism.

12. In a harvester, rotatable sheaf discharging mechanism, sheaf bindingmechanism including a needle cooperating therewith, and means operableby said needle after the operation of said discharging mechanism andduring the return of said needle to its inoperative position to stop asheaf discharged by said discharging mechanism.

18. In a harvester, a binder deck, sheaf binding mechanism including aneedle movable therethrough, a supplemental deck forming an extension ofsaid binder deck, sheaf discharging mechanism, and a sheaf holdingmember pivotally connected beneath said binder deck and operable by saidbinding needle to retain upon said supplemental deck a sheaf bound bysaid needle and discharged by said discharging mechanism.

14. In. a harvester, a binder binding mechanism including dischargingmechbinding needle, and a holding member operstop a sheaf dischargeddeck, sheaf a needle movable therethrough, sheaf discharging mechanismcooperating with said needle, and a plurality of sheaf piercing tinescarried beneath said deck and movable by said needle through said deckto retard the delivery of a sheaf discharged thereon by said sheafdischarging mechanism.

15. In a harvester, sheaf binding mechanism, sheaf dischargingmechanism, a binder deck, and means operatively connected to saidbinding mechanism and retaining a sheaf on said binder deck releasablefrom said sheaf as a second sheaf is discharged by said dischargingmechanism and engageable with the sheaf just discharged.

16. In a harvester, a frame, a binder deck thereon having an elongateddischarge chute, sheaf discharging mechanism, sheaf binding mechanism,and means operatively connected to the latter whereby a sheaf isretained in fixed position at the delivery end of said chute until thedischarge of another sheaf by said discharging mechanism.

17. In a harvester, sheaf binding mechanism, sheaf dischargingmechanism, a binder deck, discharge retarding means, and meansoperatively connected to said binding mechanism and said dischargeretarding means whereby upon the discharge of a sheaf by saiddischarging mechanism a sheaf retarded by said retarding means isreleased and after it has been pushed over the edge of said deck by saidfirst mentioned sheaf the latter is retarded.

18. In combination, a. binder frame, sheaf discharging mechanismthereon, sheaf binding mechanism thereon, a binder deck thereon, alaterally extending support protrud- Copies of this patent may beobtained for ing therefrom beneath said deck, an upwardly movable sheafdelivery member normally carried on said support beneath said binderdeck, and means operatively connected to said binding mechanism andmovable upward through said deck engageable with a sheaf thereon andreleasable therefrom upon the discharge of a second sheaf by saiddischarging mechanism.

19. In a harvester, a frame, a binder deck thereon, a binding needlejournaled on said frame movable through said deck, a bracket pivoted onsaid frame beneath said deck, a stubblewardly extending member carriedby said b 'acket member and having its grainward endengageable with saidneedle, a cross piece carried on the stubbleward end of said member, anda plurality of spaced upstanding tines carried on said cross piece andmovable upward through said binder deck.

20. In a harvester, a frame, a binder deck thereon, a binding needlejournaled on said frame movable through said deck, a bracket pivoted onsaid frame beneath said deck, a stubblewardlv extending member carriedby said bracket member and having its grainward end engageable with saidneedle, a cross piece carried on the StUbblGWfil'Cl end of said member,a plurality of spaced upstanding tines carried on said cross piece andmovable upward through said binder deck, and means for limiting themovement of said tines in one direction.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of twoWitnesses.

CLEMMA R. RANEY.

Witnesses RAY D. LEE, RAY PATTISON.

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Washington, D. G.

